..and why should Khan be given the benefit of the doubt on what he meant?

Because "context".

Londoners will see an increased police presence today and over the course of the next few days. No reason to be alarmed."

Like I said - the army and police were out in force just prior to this attack. Why should Londoners not be alarmed now? It didn't help last time.

Trump is correct - in context too.

Khan responded to the Manchester attack by flooding the streets with police and the army. A few days later another terrorist attack happens.. then he
tells Londoners not to be alarmed when they see more police presence? Give me a break.

To be fair to Trump, it's a foreign language to him and he couldn't understand what Khan's statement meant. He obviously saw it as a good opportunity
for domestic approval. It is what it is.

From our perspective, Khan's saying the right thing. Doing the job for terrorists by increasing the terror isn't the right way to go. This could be
seen in the Manchester response when soldiers hit UK streets for a couple of days and police were put on extra shifts. Moreover last night's
Manchester gig worked for morale and doesn't at all mean that security services aren't working their asses off. Arrests have been made and the London
idiots are now known.

This is where you are wrong. He has said he stands by the UK multiple times since the Manchester attack and also the attack in London. What you are
following is just a tweet and what the MSM is feeding you.

Google this... Trump stands by UK

All you will find is rhetoric about how he wants to use this for his travel ban or how it is attacking the mayor of London. It is propoganda and you
eat it up. Almost every news outlet is trying to blame Donald Trump for an attack in the UK. Not holding the mayor responsible is a joke whether or
not he is a Muslim. Last week he said in affect get used to attacks. The mayor said 'NO need to be alarmed" AFTER the attack in London. WTF kind of
leader# is that? He sounds like Obama after Sanb Bernadino when the AG threatened arrests for backlash against the Islamic community.

He should be saying be vigilant and report any issues with Muslims in your area acting odd. But nooooooo cannot call out a group of people unless they
are 'white americans' then it is ok for anyone.

Its ok for them to say this, but not for Trump to point out his belief that people like Khan that say that its just a way of life and there is nothing
to fear helps lead to more terror?

You miss the point , or perhaps you're just ignoring it , Trumps tweet is misleading.

I don't think it is, at least not to Trump.

Trump was taking the position that given that Khan admitted the risk of terror was still hi, and they had police increasing their presence, its dumb
to tell people not to be alarmed.

Khan defense seems to be he just meant don't be alarmed by the police. Two problems with this.

#1 who would be alarmed by police after a terror attack? So why feel the need to reassure people, unless you are assuming people will see the police,
and fear they are hunting for more terrorists (which Khan admits they are doing).

In this case, it would be dumb to tell people not to be alarmed, especially when you are on the record previously stating that people just need to get
used to terror.

#2 The medias reaction, heck even the title to this thread, have been to accuse trump of fearmongering.

What is he fearmongering about, that ISIS is deadly? We saw what downplaying the situation did for 8 years, remember Obamas JV team comment.

So even if your argument is that Trump was misinterpreting what Khan said, how is that fear mongering?

“Londoners should be aware that there will be additional armed and unarmed police officers on our streets from tonight in order to keep Londoners,
and all those visiting out city safe,” he said. “I want to reassure all Londoners, and all our visitors, not to be alarmed. Our city remains one
of the safest in the world

Not to be alarmed you are safe? Reassure? Man, this guy is a piece of work.

OK, they are on their face...it is not about Trump supporters. It is about us in this country. So, since you do not support Trump does this mean you
do not want the safety the country is trying to provide?

originally posted by: matafuchs
This is the actual context of what Khan said...

“Londoners should be aware that there will be additional armed and unarmed police officers on our streets from tonight in order to keep Londoners,
and all those visiting out city safe,” he said. “I want to reassure all Londoners, and all our visitors, not to be alarmed. Our city remains one
of the safest in the world

Not to be alarmed you are safe? Reassure? Man, this guy is a piece of work.

Interesting, so people are spinning what Khan actually said to get him off the hook and blame Trump.. Figures.

This is another perfect example of how people perceive one thing in vastly different lights.
I tend to agree that the "no reason to be alarmed" statement is a bit disingenuous. He should be straight with these people who have suffered two
terrorist attacks back to back. Is the threat contained or not Mr. Khan?
Is that to much to ask?

OK, they are on their face...it is not about Trump supporters. It is about us in this country. So, since you do not support Trump does this mean you
do not want the safety the country is trying to provide?

This perceived "safety" Trump is trying to provide doesn't have any basis in actually keeping anyone safe.

Oh, you want a 120 day travel ban now so you can roll out new vetting procedures?

Its already almost been 120 days, where are the new vetting procedures? If this was really about keeping people safe, Trump would already have new
vetting procedures in place, and wouldn't be waiting on a travel ban that might or might not take effect..

See? So it isn't really about keeping any of us safe, it's just Trump trying to keep placating his base.

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